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This policy brief introduces the roles that local communities can play in monitoring changes in forest carbon stocks. It discusses lessons learnt from the Community Carbon Accounting Project, which is training local communities in Asia-Pacific countries on forest monitoring, from the perspectives of sustainable development and carbon accounting.

-Launch of Action Research on Decontamination in Fukushima: Recommendations based on European Experience -International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2012) -Enhancing Regional Distribution of CDM Projects: Thirty-five Countries Represented at IGES/ADB/UNFCCC Workshop -IGES Global Environment Seminar on Environmental Business in...

Despite its conceptual ambiguity, NAMA (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions) provides a practical opportunity for developing countries to achieve low-carbon development. This policy brief assesses the formulation process of NAMAs in selected Southeast Asian countries with three essential criteria: technical, mainstreaming and institutional...

-Rising to the Challenge of Creating Sustainable, Resilient Societies: IGES Drives Its Research Activities Forward -Side Events at East Asia Low Carbon Growth Partnership Dialogue -Outlook on Water Environmental Management in Asia 2012 -Organic Waste Composting Attracts Interest across Asia -E-learning Course "Science and Policy of Climate Change...

This policy brief gives an overview about the environmental performance rating and public disclosure (EPRD) programme and enumerates some lessons learnt from the past cases. It also gives several policy recommendations on how to use such a scheme to promote corporate environmental management on a larger scale in developing countries. Remarks...

-Towards Rio+20: IGES Messages from an Asian Perspective -IGES and IPCC Host Open Meeting -Japan and India Pursue Dialogue on Climate Change Policy and Measures -Household Winter Energy Saving: Introducing Measures based on Comfort -Economic Impact Evaluation of Nuclear Power Phase-out and Renewable Energy -The First Data Report on Resource...

-IGES Earthquake Research Initiative: Post-Earthquake Recovery Recommendations -COP17: Side Event on Low Carbon Development in Asian Countries -Korea-Japan Policy Dialogue on the Carbon Market -Latest Results on Green Growth Policies -Announcing a New Research Trend on Sustainable Resource Management -Researchers' Viewpoint: Eco-home Diagnosis...

This policy brief proposes a phased reform of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as one means of enhancing international environmental governance. The first phase would provide universal membership to UNEP's Governing Council, and in the second phase it would be upgraded into a specialised agency. If implemented, this reform could...

This is a summary report of the "International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2011)" held in Yokohama, Japan on 26-27 July 2011. With growing interest in sustainable development, looking towards Rio+20, ISAP2011 discussed "governance for sustainable development" and "green economy", which are the main themes of Rio+20. It also...

Remarks: Japanese version: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=3359